By Terry Boehmker
NKyTribune sports reporter
High school football playoffs begin this week with local teams facing off in three of the four first-round games on the Class 1A, Region 2 bracket.
The matchups include Dayton at Brossart and Bellevue at Ludlow with both of those games scheduled for 7 p.m. Friday. On Saturday, Newport will be the home team for a 1 p.m. game against Holy Cross, but the site has not been officially announced.

There’s a possibility that Saturday’s game will be played at Newport Stadium, which has been closed for reconstruction since the beginning of the season.
Brossart has a seven-game win streak and 10-5 record against Dayton. The series began in 2007, the first year that Brossart fielded a varsity football team. The new program lost to Dayton, 56-0, that season.
The two teams opened the season against each other for several seasons, but they didn’t schedule a game this year. In 2022, Brossart defeated Dayton, 28-18.
Ludlow clobbered Bellevue, 56-14, in a regular season game on Sept. 29 to extend its win streak to seven games in their series. Last season, Bellevue had to forfeit its game against Ludlow due to a lack of varsity players.
Both teams hired former players as head coaches this year. Ludlow has a 6-4 record under Woody McMillen and Bellevue is 4-6 under Chad Montgomery.
Newport edged Holy Cross, 44-42, last Friday in the final regular season game for both teams. Newport has won three games in a row and enters the playoff rematch with a 7-3 record. The Wildcats finished 3-8 the last two years.
Cooper has a Class 5A playoff game at home against Collins at 7:30 p.m. Friday. If the Jaguars win, it will be head coach Randy Borchers 100th career victory. He has a 99-103 record in 17 seasons overall, including a 92-90 mark in 15 seasons at Cooper.
High school football playoff games
THURSDAY
Newport Central Catholic (6-4) vs. Trimble County (3-7) at CovCath, 7 p.m.
FRIDAY
Dayton (4-6) at Brossart (5-5), 7 p.m.
Bellevue (4-6) at Ludlow (6-4), 7 p.m.
Danville (0-10) at Beechwood (9-1), 7:30 p.m.
Fleming County (6-4) at Lloyd (9-1), 7:30 p.m.
Greenup County (6-4) at Covington Catholic (10-0), 7 p.m.
Conner (5-5) at Scott County (8-2), 7:30 p.m.
Collins (6-4) at Cooper (8-2), 7:30 p.m.
South Oldham (6-4) at Highlands (9-1), 7:30 p.m.
Dixie Heights (4-6) at Woodford County (6-3), 7:30 p.m.
Louisville Southern (4-6) at Ryle (6-4), 7 p.m.
Campbell County (3-7) at Bullitt East (8-2), 7:30 p.m.
Louisville Fern Creek (6-4) at Simon Kenton (5-4), 7 p.m.
SATURDAY
Holy Cross (5-5) at Newport (7-3), 1 p.m.